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Rebecca Triche
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Vice-President,
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Jan Koellen
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COMMITTEES
Nominating Chair
Margot Kiehfuss
225-293-0683
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Lorraine Day
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Publicity Chair
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Polly Williams
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Newsletter Publisher
Faye Ferdinand
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Hello all,
Hope you got through Mardi Gras okay.
The weather has been so tricky this
past year.
Our Board Meetings will continue to be
the
second Monday at the
Bluebonnet Library at 7:00 pm. It is
very important for board members to
attend. We welcome everyone who
would like to come and see what is
going on and/or make suggestions and
introduce new ideas.
Some upcoming events:
AAUW Baton Rouge annual meeting
When: Saturday, May 13, 11:00 am
– 1:00 pm
Where: Drusilla’s Restaurant
We will have reports and elections.
Speaker???
The nominating committee is looking
for you if you are interested in
becoming more involved. If you are
willing or know of someone else who is,
please call Margo Kiehfuss at 2930683 or Lorraine Day at 767-7739.
If you are new to AAUW and/or
interested in becoming more involved,
don’t forget to check the rest of the
newsletter for the various activities and
signup for those that interest you. Just
email or call the contact person.
Joan Houghton-Bonds
President
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10:00– 2:00 pm
Call to Order
Introductions
Approval of 2017-18
Budget
Election of Officers
Athena Award
Adjourn
All members are
welcome to attend
Board Meeting on
Monday, March 13 at the
Bluebonnet Library 7:00
MARCH 2017
BATON ROUGE BRANCH
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AAUW –EMPOWERING WOMEN SINCE 1881
AAUW State President Louisiana
Vivian Guillory
Presenting . . . . And
Remembering . . . Evelyn Robinson
Member of AAUW-BR Branch
We are so excited to invite all of you AAUW
Louisiana members to the 2017 State Meeting as
we ride this year’s wave of enthusiasm to protect
the rights of women and their families from
backtracking during these uncertain times.
Our State Meeting April 22 is a mission based
event that you will not want to miss. It will be held
at Juban’s Restaurant in Baton Rouge, famous for
its wonderful dishes! We begin the day with a short
business meeting to introduce you to our guest
AAUW National Board Member Pam Thiel and to
handle three important matters that require
attention; approving a 2017-18 budget, approving
the slate of officers and announcing the Athena
Award.
After a short break, our guests join us as we begin
our program entitled ‘Advocating for ‘Economic
Empowerment and Freedom from Violence for all
Louisiana Women’. It is intended to educate our
membership and guests and to advocate for the
AAUW Policy Program.
Please invite your friends and family! Our
confirmed speakers are Pam Thiel, AAUW
National Board of Directors; Dr. Shanta Proctor,
Director of Women's for Governor John Bel
Edwards; and, Rachael Hebert, LCSW, Director &
CEO of STAR, Sexual Awareness and Response.
There are great speakers that we are still waiting to
hear from, and we’ll let you all know when we do!
Register NOW!
REGISTRATION FORM
Registration $ 45
Donation ($25 for Student Registration)
Name ___________________________________
Address _________________________________
Email ___________________________________
Phone __________________________________
Branch _________________________________
Mail Check to : Pam Baldwin Treasurer, AAUW
Louisiana, 780 Rue Crozat, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Or visit : http://aauw-la.aauw.net to pay with PayPal
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Evelyn Louise Williams Robinson
Our first ‘presenter’ (starting in 2017) is Evelyn Robinson.
Evelyn was an AAUW member since July 1, 1972. She
graduated from Southern University with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Business Administration. Later she
received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from
Louisiana State University. She retired from the EBRP
Court’s Family Detention Center as a supervisor.
Evelyn was an active member of several organizations as
well as in her church and community. She was very active
in Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Jack and Jill of America and
America Association of University Women. She has
received many awards and honors from her services which
she dearly cherished.
As an AAUW member, she was a frequent attendant of the
Morning Book Group. On November 21, 2015, she
spearheaded (at Southern University Union) the review of
the book about Southern University from the author
himself, Everett Gibson. Unfortunately, due to her illness
she was unable to attend and the faithful group members
were able to give her a good report of the well attended
meeting.
In, 1973 Evelyn served as Chairman of the Campus Study
Group, with Susan Dawson influencing her to become a
member. In 1999, she became the first African American
President of the BR Branch of AAUW. You would often see
her at most meetings, Interest groups and whatever AAUW
was involved in at the time. She worked tirelessly; enjoying
the superb results from what she saw as a group effort; be
it one or many. She was also a Silver Magnolia, an award
recognition for women 70 and over who have made great
and notable contributions to their city presented by the
Women’s Council of Greater Baton Rouge.
If you would like to make a contribution to the Eleanor
Earle Scholarship Fund in Evelyn’s name, please mail
your check to our treasurer:
Rebecca Triche
527 Glenmore Ave. Apt, B
Baton Rouge, LA 70806-0801
Evelyn Robinson, it was a pleasure knowing you. You will
truly be missed.
MARCH 2017
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INTEREST GROUPS
BOOK GROUP I—PM
The Evening Book group did not
meet in the month of March. For
more information, contact Susan
Dunham Smolinsky at 338-0321
or by email at [email protected].
BOOK GROUP II—AM
The morning book group was
cancelled for the month of
March. If you need additional
information, you may contact
Suzanne Vincent (Group Chair)
at [email protected].
CAMPUS STUDY
Campus Study will meet for
lunch at Juban’s Restaurant on
Thursday, March 23 at 12:00.
The speaker will be Mary Stein,
Assistant Library Director of
Administration at the EBRP Main
Library on Goodwood Blvd. She
will speak about the “One Book,
One Community” initiative that is
a nation wide program. If you
are planning to attend, please let
June know so that she can have
an accurate count and the meal
chosen to give to the waiter. If
you need additional information,
contact [email protected]
or leave her a message at 518441-5833
GREAT DECISIONS
The Great Decisions interest
group will meet Thursday,
March 23 at the home of
Carolyn Stutts, who is also the
presenter for this discussion.
Carolyn’s address is 8032
Glacier Bay Drive in Denham
Springs. The time is 6:45 to 9
pm. The topic for this meeting is
‘Latin
America’s
Political
Pendulum’. If you would like
additional information, please
contact Melanie Haney (Great
Decision Chair) at 205-8048 or
email
at
[email protected].
GOURMET GROUP
The Gourmet group will meet on
Saturday, March 25. The theme
is “How to Live to be 100”. Call
JiJi if you plan to participate so
she can give you your recipe.
Her address is 1630 Carl
Avenue. If you would like
additional information, contact
JiJi at 379-3294 or 241-4921 or
by email at [email protected].
“It’s not so much how busy
you are, but why you are
busy. The bee is praised; the
mosquito is swatted”.
Marie O’Connor
GOURMET GROUP
The Gourmet group will meet on
Sunday, April 2, 6pm. The
theme is “How to Live to be
100”. Call JiJi if you plan to
participate so she can give you
your recipe. Her address is
1630 Carl Avenue. If you would
like
additional
information,
contact JiJi at 379-3294 or 2414921
or
by
email
at
[email protected].
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Friday, March 17, 2017
LSU Student Union Theater
5 p.m. Movie Screening
7 p.m. Panel Discussion
American Association
Of University Women
1246 Verdun Drive
Baton Rouge LA 70810
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“Social opinion is like a sharp knife. There are foolish people who regard it only with terror, and dare not touch or meddle with it,
there are more foolish people, who, in rashness or defiance, seize it by the blade, and get cut and mangled for their pains, and there
are wise people, who grasp it discreetly and boldly by the handle, and use it to carve out their own purposes.”
Anna Jameson
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March 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
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5
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“Love is a Verb”
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Clare Boothe Luce
12“The only way to
coast is down hill”
Zig Ziglar
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Women’s History Month
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Book Group PM
2
“Don’t
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agonize. Organize”
Florynce Kennedy
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Book Group AM Laurabeth Hicks
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better than well
effort is nothing”
said”
Mary W. Stewart
Ben Franklin
Thu
8
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14 “Take time
to be quiet”
Zig Ziglar
29 “Chance favors
the prepared mind”
Louis Pasteur
Theme:
“Honoring Trailblazing
Women in Labor and Business”
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Great Decisions
Fri
Sat
3
4
10 “One man with
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18 Wearing of
the Green Parade
courage makes a
majority”
Andrew Jackson
on WBRZ Live
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Valerie J Jones
Campus Study
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Gourmet Group
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Eunice A. Phillips